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Evacuations ordered at 2 Midwest airports
Jul 13 2005 11:59PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A terminal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was evacuated Wednesday evening after bomb-sniffing dogs detected suspicious smells in two vending machines.
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Autopsy confirms toddler killed by LAPD
Jul 13 2005 11:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A toddler whose father held her as a shield during a gun battle with police died of a single gunshot fired from a police officer's rifle, authorities said Wednesday.
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Fla. town officials apologize over song
Jul 13 2005 11:17PM (CT)
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) - City officials apologized for playing a song during Fourth of July celebrations that was mixed with voiceovers of 911 calls from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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U. of Calif. exits merit scholar program
Jul 13 2005 10:37PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - University of California chancellors said Wednesday they are bowing out of the National Merit Scholarship program, citing concerns that the selection process is unfair.
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Tenn. teen who lost leg to shark goes home
Jul 13 2005 10:05PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A teenager who lost a leg because of a shark attack in Florida is recovering at home after 16 days in the hospital, his family said Wednesday.
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Crews make progress against Colorado fire
Jul 13 2005 10:03PM (CT)
BEULAH, Colo. (AP) - Improving weather helped crews make progress against a wildfire that had forced nearly 5,000 people to flee their homes, officials said Wednesday.
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Two U.S. senators propose U.N. reform bill
Jul 13 2005 9:46PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations reacted warily Wednesday to a bill proposed by two U.S. Senators that gives the United States the right _ but not the requirement _ to withhold dues if the United Nations doesn't enact wide-ranging reforms.
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Ill. police arrest driver in CB threat
Jul 13 2005 9:43PM (CT)
PRINCETON, Ill. (AP) - A man was arrested Wednesday after telling truckers via CB radio he was headed to Washington, D.C., with a van full of explosives, police said.
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Quiet Duncan hears charges in Idaho court
Jul 13 2005 9:38PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A convicted sex offender sat silently in a courtroom Wednesday as a judge read aloud allegations that he bludgeoned three people to death and abducted two children.
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FEMA workers to share $10M Powerball win
Jul 13 2005 9:37PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A group of federal disaster workers, used to helping others facing misfortune, basked in their own good fortune Wednesday as they claimed a $10 million Powerball jackpot.
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Billy Graham declines invitation to London
Jul 13 2005 9:29PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Evangelist Billy Graham, citing his own health and that of his wife, said Wednesday that he has declined an invitation to hold a crusade in London.
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Twin of convicted murderer claims guilt
Jul 13 2005 9:23PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Joseph Montoya sits in a prison cell for a murder he claims he didn't commit. His identical twin brother, Jeremy, says he's guilty and ready to take the rap. But they haven't been able to convince state courts that their story is credible.
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FBI notes shed light on Ore. lawyer arrest
Jul 13 2005 9:20PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The day before a Portland attorney was wrongly arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Madrid train bombings, an FBI official stated in an e-mail that the agency did not have enough evidence to arrest the man on criminal charges.
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Shark bites girl swimming off Texas coast
Jul 13 2005 9:05PM (CT)
PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) - A 14-year-old North Carolina girl was injured Wednesday when a shark bit her left foot while she was swimming in waist-deep water off the Texas coast, officials said.
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U.S. seeks to firm up terrorist sanctions
Jul 13 2005 8:37PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States on Wednesday moved to strengthen U.N. sanctions against al-Qaida and the Taliban, circulating a draft resolution that would spell out in far greater detail those who could be punished.
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Affirmative action's Arthur Fletcher dies
Jul 13 2005 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Arthur Fletcher, an adviser to Republican presidents and an early booster of affirmative action, died of natural causes Tuesday at his Washington home. He was 80. Fletcher served as an adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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Islamic scholar gets life in prison in Va.
Jul 13 2005 7:16PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A prominent Islamic scholar who exhorted his followers after the Sept. 11 attacks to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
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Drug indictment charges 17 in cartel ties
Jul 13 2005 7:05PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Seventeen people face drug charges for their alleged involvement in a cartel that smuggled cocaine from Mexico and California to Chicago and Indianapolis, officials said Wednesday.
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Government orders halt to painkiller sales
Jul 13 2005 5:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration ordered a halt to sale of the narcotic Palladone on Wednesday, citing potentially fatal reactions when the potent drug is taken together with alcohol.
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N.H. denies Smart pardon hearing request
Jul 13 2005 5:32PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Authorities on Wednesday turned down Pamela Smart's request for a pardon hearing, saying the former school aide should stay in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage lover and his friends.
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Highly contagious bovine TB found in Minn.
Jul 13 2005 5:23PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Bovine tuberculosis has been discovered in a cattle herd on the border with Canada _ the first finding in Minnesota since 1971 _ and will lead to the destruction of about 900 animals, state officials said Wednesday.
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Disney World ride reopens after teen scare
Jul 13 2005 4:59PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Disney World on Wednesday reopened a thrill ride that was closed when a 16-year-old British girl almost died of cardiac arrest after riding it.
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Vt. jury deliberates death penalty case
Jul 13 2005 4:29PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The lawyer for a man convicted in the slaying of a supermarket worker pleaded for his client's life Wednesday, describing for jurors the man's horrific childhood and lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse.
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Fla. police search for missing couple
Jul 13 2005 4:21PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Police on Wednesday searched woods near the home of a couple who have been missing since last week and whose car was found about 20 miles away.
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4 Ga. deputies said to face termination
Jul 13 2005 3:27PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The sheriff responsible for protecting the courthouse where a deadly shooting spree erupted in March wants to fire at least four deputies over security lapses, a union official said Wednesday.
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Study: Latinos lag in retirement savings
Jul 13 2005 3:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Latinos save through retirement accounts at half the rate of the general population, and those with such accounts have less than one-fifth the retirement savings of the overall work force, according to a study Wednesday.
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Groups: Officer deaths decline in 2005
Jul 13 2005 2:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seventy police officers died in the line of duty in the first half of 2005, down more than 11 percent from last year, law enforcement groups reported Wednesday.
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Calif. election cycle burns out voters
Jul 13 2005 2:52PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Is there such a thing as too much democracy? California voters are in the midst of what might seem like a never-ending election cycle _ soon to decide their fourth statewide election in two years _ and some of them are starting to get burned out.
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Man arrested in 1987 slaying in Georgia
Jul 13 2005 2:37PM (CT)
HAMILTON, Ga. (AP) - A man was arrested in the 1987 killing of a Laotian refugee whose skeletal remains were found in a patch of west Georgia woods two years after she vanished.
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Ex-plant worker pleads guilty to theft
Jul 13 2005 1:52PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former employee of a plant that makes more than half of America's paper money pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking stolen cash across state lines.
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Episcopal bishop in Conn. suspends priest
Jul 13 2005 1:32PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Episcopal Bishop Andrew Smith on Wednesday suspended one of six priests accused of refusing to recognize his authority in the wake of Smith's support for the denomination's first openly gay bishop.
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Man faces three murder charges in Indiana
Jul 13 2005 11:47AM (CT)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A man who prosecutors say strangled two prostitutes last year was also charged with killing a woman five years ago after DNA evidence linked him to the slaying.
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Prosecutors appeal Cape Cod suspect's bail
Jul 13 2005 11:07AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The trash collector accused of killing a fashion writer in her home on Cape Cod admitted he assaulted her and knew the location of her fatal stab wound, prosecutors said in appealing bail for the murder suspect.
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Federal workers to share $10M from lottery
Jul 13 2005 10:51AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A group of federal disaster workers, used to helping others facing misfortune, are instead basking in their own good fortune as they get ready to claim a $10 million Powerball jackpot, officials said Wednesday.
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N.H. judge scrutinizes trespassing law
Jul 13 2005 9:36AM (CT)
JAFFREY, N.H. (AP) - A judge questioned a prosecutor and defense attorneys at length about a town's use of trespassing law against illegal immigrants and expressed doubt that he was the right authority to determine someone's immigration status.
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Court: Man can't sue Wis. archdiocese
Jul 13 2005 9:14AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A man who claims he was abused by a priest in the 1960s cannot sue the Archdiocese of Milwaukee because there is no proof church leaders knew the priest was a child molester at the time, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Boston judge slams new deportation law
Jul 13 2005 9:09AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The chief judge of U.S. District Court in Boston lashed out at Congress on Tuesday for putting what he called a "chokehold" on all federal district courts, stripping them of the authority to rule on deportation cases.
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Idaho boy dies in apparent choking game
Jul 13 2005 9:05AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A 10-year-old boy was found dead, hanging from a tree, apparently killed while trying to get high by playing the "pass-out game," authorities said.
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California to remodel 270 state parks
Jul 13 2005 8:31AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California will remodel 270 parks to settle a class action lawsuit charging the nation's largest state park system has inadequate services for disabled visitors.
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Mass. town toasts to end of booze ban
Jul 13 2005 8:06AM (CT)
ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) - With a vodka martini and two onions, Peter Beacham toasted a new era for this quaint seaside town. Besides a brief period after Prohibition ended in 1933, liquor hadn't been sold in Rockport since pre-Civil War days. That changed when voters in April decided to grant liquor licenses to restaurants and inns.
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Judge back at work months after murders
Jul 13 2005 8:01AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has made a low-key return to the bench, just months after the murders of her husband and mother by a disgruntled litigant.
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Ky. family to bury soldier MIA in Vietnam
Jul 13 2005 7:58AM (CT)
RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) - The family of a soldier listed as missing in action in Vietnam 36 years ago will bury him this weekend with full military honors after his remains were found and identified.
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Life returning to normal along Gulf Coast
Jul 13 2005 7:55AM (CT)
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) - The outlook was improving for Cathy Hart and thousands of others Tuesday along the storm-battered Gulf Coast, where signs of normal life were everywhere just two days after Hurricane Dennis pummeled the region. Power was starting to come on, stores were opening their doors, and lines for ice and water were getting shorter.
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Families record their stories at WTC site
Jul 13 2005 7:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In the nearly four years since terrorists killed her brother and nearly 3,000 others in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Norene Schneider says she has experienced a spectrum of unimaginable emotions as she worked through her grief. On Tuesday, she joined relatives of other Sept. 11 victims to record some of her memories at a newly opened oral history booth at the World Trade Center site.
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Calif. Guard targeted over pig-blood flier
Jul 13 2005 7:45AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Islamic leaders and peace groups are criticizing the California National Guard for a flier posted in its headquarters suggesting the United States execute Islamic terrorists with bullets dipped in pig's blood to deny them entry to heaven.
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Alaskan gets 7 years for walrus killings
Jul 13 2005 7:35AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska Native was sentenced to a harsh seven years in federal prison for killing six walruses, removing the heads to sell the ivory and sinking the carcasses.
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Group seeks solidarity among Indian women
Jul 13 2005 2:15AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - When Susan Masten first campaigned to lead California's Yurok tribe, she was up against five men. One told her she wasn't qualified because she was still "playing with Barbie dolls."
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